Weatherby (surname)

Weathersby
Language(s)English
Origin
MeaningA person from Wetherby
Region of originWest Yorkshire
Other names
Variant form(s)Weatherby, Weatherbee, Wetherby, Wetherbee, Wethersby, Witherby

Weatherby, Weatherbee, Wethersby, Wethersbee, and Wetherby are related English surnames, originally given to people from Wetherby, West Yorkshire.[1] The place name, in turn, derives from Old English terms derived "from Old Norse veðr 'wether (sheep)' + býr 'farmstead'".[2] People with the surnames include:

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (2002). The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford University Press. p. 655. ISBN 0198605617.
  2. ^ Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names (2003), p. 587.